The Gautam Buddh Nagar Police have lodged an FIR against 203 Congress leaders including former Congress president Rahul Gandhi and national general secretary Priyanka Gandhi on Thursday for violation of Section 144.

The FIR has been lodged at the Ecotech Forest Police station in Greater Noida.

In signs of a revival of economic activity, the gross GST revenue collected in the month of September rose sequentially to Rs 95,480 crore from August's collection, a statement from Union Finance Ministry said on Thursday. The collection is the highest since the lockdown.

In August, the gross GST collection stood at Rs 86,449 crore.

President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday visited Raj Ghat and paid homage to the father of the nation, Mahatma Gandhi on his birth anniversary.

Earlier today, Prime Minister Modi tweeted on the occasion of the 151st birth anniversary adding that there is much to learn from his life and noble thoughts.

Head-scratching perplexity about U.S. democracy in Australia and Denmark. Disdain for chaos and insults between America's presidential contenders in a Chinese Communist Party tabloid.

A European market watcher's warning of a credibility deficit in U.S. politics amid fears that a long tradition of peaceful, amicable transfer of power could be in jeopardy.

Gold prices today climbed to Rs 53,670 from Rs 53,350 per 10 gm, while silver was trending at Rs 61,000 per kg, according to the Good Returns website.

Gold jewellery prices vary across India, the second-largest consumer of the metal, due to excise duty, state taxes, and making charges.

In a major development, the DNA samples of three people killed in an alleged fake encounter with the Army in the Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir in July has matched with that of their families. Inspector General of Police, kashmir, Vijay kumar said: Since DNA samples matched with family, three dead bodies will be exhumed and handed over to families after due process of law.

Shares of multiplex operators like Inox Leisure and PVR rallied up to 17 per cent on the BSE on Thursday after the government allowed reopening of cinemas, theatres and multiplexes from October 15.

The central government has permitted reopening of cinemas from October 15 with up to 50 per cent of seating capacity outside containment zones adhering to the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP), which will be issued by the I&B Ministry.

The indirect tax board has given partial relief to companies from compulsory e-invoicing that will kick off from Friday.

The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) said in a statement that the companies will not attarct any penalty if they move goods without e-invoicing, provided that they get invoice reference number (IRN) for such invoices within a month of the date of invoice. The relief has been provided for the month of October only.

Food delivery apps Zomato and Swiggy have received notices from Google for their in-app gamification features that allegedly violate the tech giant's Play Store guidelines.

The development comes just weeks after Paytm was blocked from the Play Store for a few hours for violating Google's policy on sports betting activities.

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) issued new guidelines on Wednesday for opening up more activities in areas outside the containment zones.

In these guidelines, which will come into effect from October 1, 2020, the process of re-opening of activities has been extended, further ensuring economic activities in the country keep rolling while keeping COVID-19 under control.

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